Places thankful4ever Wants to Go

One of the world's most definitive collections of musical instruments, spanning all cultures and historical periods.

Hidden in the grounds of the Fort Dodge Museum is a "real" and terrifying petrified giant.

These cliff and rock formations are made out of Sioux Quartzite.

This soaring sculpture and Sioux Falls landmark represents the leap of faith taken to make one's dreams come true.

Chef Lawrence West serves up Indian tacos, wojapi, and other Lakota dishes at the brick-and-mortar incarnation of his popular food truck.

More than 7,000 gallons of water pour over these cascading red quartzite waterfalls every second.

A remote hill on a stretch of country road where the laws of physics are defied... or so it seems.

Locals place their offerings on this nightmarish gnarled tree so the witches won't summon another storm.

Inside this striking glass building, visitors can see thousands of dinosaur fossils in the positions that nature deposited them more than 150 million years ago.

This site is home to ancient petroglyphs and pictographs dating back to 6,000 B.C.

One man has installed bathtubs into the Utah desert floor to harness the powers of a natural hot spring.

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

It's safe—and permitted—to walk across these twin natural sandstone arches.

A crack flared at the base provides a pathway completely through a sandstone ridge near Moab.

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

Here, at the “world’s longest art gallery,” you’ll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.

This former Texas landfill is flush with 300 million-year-old fossils, all fit for the taking.

A symbol of Texas pride.

Known as one of America's most beautiful public restrooms.

Foragers once flocked to this big beautiful bayou to hunt for pearls.